Game toy



Feb. 23, 1937. I M. A. WILLIAMSON ET AL 2,071,479

GAME TOY Fil e'd Jan. 21, 1935 nv VENTORS Patented Feb. 23, 1937 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFIE GAME TOY Application January 21, 1935, Serial No.2,730

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a game toy, and important objects thereof areto provide a game toy of the character described, which is fascinatingand instructive and entertaining for both children and adults, which isportable and may be played either indoors or outdoors, which may becompactly collapsed to facilitate its storage and transportation, whichis readily understood but requires considerable skill to playsuccessfully, which is simple in its construction and arrangement,durable and attractive, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood thatchanges in the form, proportions and. details of 20 construction may beresorted to that come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a game toy constructed in accordance withthe invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan View of a supporting bar.

Figure 3 is a full-size side view of a pin, partly in cross section, andillustrating its connection with the supporting bars. Figure 4 is asimilar view of the connecting element.

Figures 5 and 6 are top plan views of different types of quoits employedin the operation of the present invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the present invention comprises aplurality of flat supporting bars I, which may be constructed from wood,metal, fibre, or any other suitable material. Each of the supportingbars has rounded ends and provided with a pair of apertures 2 disposedadjacent to respective ends thereof.

The supporting bars I are of uniform lengths and otherwise identical inconstruction. The supporting bars are all joined together by havingtheir respective adjacent ends united by togglejoint connections. Ascrew bolt 3 extends vertically through the apertures 2 of adjacent endsof the supporting bars, and provided with a bottom washer 4 and a topwasher 5. The bottom washers are disposed below the supporting bar endsand provide seats for the latter. The top washers are disposed above thesupporting bar ends and tightly engaged on the screw bolts to provideproperly maintained and frictionally retarded operations of thetoggle-joint connections of the supporting bars.

The supporting bars I support a peg or pin 6 at each connected endthereof. The bottom of each of the pins is provided with a pocket I inwhich a threaded bushing 8 is permanently secured to provide adetachable connection with respective screw bolts 3.

The pins 6 seat upon the top washers 5 and are rigidly supported in thevertical positions. The pins may be readily detached from theirpositions for the purposes of storage or transportation of the device,and their removal or replacement will in no way affect the connectionsof the supporting bars relatively to each other. The pins may have anydesired configuration and constructed from any suitable material.

The surface of the pins 8 are preferably fancifully colored. Asillustrated in Figure 3, the top portion of the pin is red, theintermediate portion is white, and the bottom portion is blue. It is, ofcourse, obvious that the surface of the pins may be of colors varyingfrom each other and each pin colored differently, or that each pin be ofa single color.

The top of each pin 6 is provided with indicia 9 in the form of anumerical figure. The embodiment of the device, shown in Figure 1,employs the numerical figures from zero to nine, with each of the pinshaving a different numerical figure. It is apparent, however, that thenumerical designations may be widely varied, from the disclosureillustrated, to best meet any condition found in practice.

In playing the game toy, quoits, in the form of a horseshoe ID or ringsH are employed. The connected supporting bars I, with the fixed pins 6,is positioned on the floor, ground, stand, wall, or any other suitableplace. The players, positioned at a distance from the device, toss thequoits in the endeavor to ring the pins. The players will naturally tryto ring the pin bearing the highest numerical designation, as the totalof the latter on pins rung with the player determines his status aswinner or loser.

It will here be noted that, by constructing the supporting bars I ofuniform lengths and by uniting same by toggle-joint connections, in themanner stated, the device may be extendedor contracted to widely varythe relative position of the pins 6 with respect to each other, wherebythe game may be rendered more or less difiicult to suit the pleasure ofthe players.

The present invention provides an inexpensive and durable game toy,which is exceptionally bolts extending through the apertures inrespective overlapping end portions for pivotally connecting the lattertogether, said screw bolts being threadedly engaged in respectivebushings for securing said pins in the vertical position on saidsupporting bars, bottom washers mounted on said screw bolts to provideseats for said overlapping end portions, and top washers threadedlyengaged on said screw bolts between said bushings and said overlappingend portions for adjusting the 10 pivotal connection of the latter.

MATILDA A. WILLIAMSON. MATTHEW W. SVETLIC.

